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Welcome to the new Web site for The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston ("university") Handbook of Operating Procedures or HOOP. The HOOP contains the official policies for the university.

The Office of Legal Affairs coordinates the editing, review, issuance and archiving of all official university policies contained in the HOOP.

Click here to learn what is contained in this website and how to find it.

The university's policies connect the university's mission to the everyday actions of its community, clarify the university's expectations of its individual members, mitigate institutional risk, enhance efficiency and support the university's compliance with laws and regulations.

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If you were redirected here from a HOOP policy with a decimal point, the HOOP was recently reorganized and now reflects new policy numbers. Please refer to the Disposition Table for the new policy number. If you do not recall the old policy number, please refer to the Subject Index and/or the Alphabetical Listing.